Referee

Said of a periodical or other serial when manuscripts are evaluated by at least one subject specialist in addition to the editor before being accepted for publication.

referee

Sports; Fencing

also director, president. The mediator of the fencing bout.

referees

Sports; Ice hockey

the chief officials in a hockey game, distinguished from the other officials by a red armband; they start the game, call most of the penalties and make the final decision in any ...

referee

Sports; Boxing

The official who is in the ring with the boxers and the person who enforces the rules of boxing and makes sure that the fight is clean and fair. He is the one to decide that a ...

Eleven City Tour

Sports; Speed skating

The Eleven City Tour is almost 200 kilometres long speed skating match (with 300 contestants) and a leisure skating tour (with 16,000 skaters). It is held in the province of ...

age classes

Sports; Speed skating

There are different age classes in Speed Skating. 10 - 11 years old are called midgets, (a term we here at Fuzilogik Sports really don't like, we are not trying to be politically ...

Air-D

Sports; Speed skating

After making a stride, the skater brings their foot in a curved motion behind their body so they will be ready to take their next stride. Because this motion resembles a "D" that ...

armband

Sports; Speed skating

Skaters wear armbands to identify themselves. The skater who starts the race in the inner track will wear a white armband; the skater who starts the race in the outer lane will ...

assistant judges

Sports; Speed skating

There are two assistant judges and their responsibility is to make sure that skaters, when changing lanes, do so in a legal manner.

attack

Sports; Speed skating

This refers to when one skater increases their speed to catch and pass the other competitor(s).

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Space shuttle

A reusable spacecraft with wings developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for human spaceflight missions. The first ...